Statshot: The Numbers Guy

Nov 22, 2013 6:03 pm ET

Bloomberg News

By Carl Bialik

The Wall Street Journal’s Numbers Guy notes that the U.S. ranks near the top of OECD nations when it comes to residents’ self-reported life satisfaction; the recession took a bite out of American homeownership rates; and a few European countries ranked highly by FIFA missed the cut for next summer’s World Cup.